109 Quotes by Fanny Burney

it has been long and justly remarked, that folly has ever sought alliance with beauty.

To a heart formed for friendship and affection the charms of solitude are very short-lived.

Concealment is the foe of tranquility.

... it's vastly more irksome to give up one's own way, than to hear a few impertinent remarks.

You must not sneeze. If you have a vehement cold you must take no notice of it; if your nose membranes feel a great irritation you must hold your breath; if a sneeze still insists upon making its way you must oppose it keeping your teeth grinding together; if the violence of the pulse breaks some blood-vessel you must break the blood-vessel -- but not sneeze.

... there's nothing but quarreling with the women; it's my belief they like it better than victuals and drink.

Can any thing, my good Sir, be more painful to a friendly mind than a necessity of communicating disagreeable intelligence? Indeed, it is sometimes difficult to determine, whether the relater or the receiver of evil tidings is most to be pitied.

But authors before they write should read.

the right line of conduct is the same for both sexes, though the manner in which it is pursued, may somewhat vary, and be accommodated to the strength or weakness of the different travelers.